Comments on: We interrupt your regularly-scheduled self-promotion to bring you this special self-promotion http://nofilmschool.com/2007/02/dvguru/ Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo tries to start a film career in New York, without going to film school; hilarity ensues. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:35:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Josh Oakhurst http://nofilmschool.com/2007/02/dvguru/#comment-18564 Josh Oakhurst Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:09:48 +0000 http://nofilmschool.com/2007/02/dvguru/#comment-18564 Fucking hilarious Ryan. How is the show coming? Fucking hilarious Ryan. How is the show coming?

]]> By: editblog http://nofilmschool.com/2007/02/dvguru/#comment-16842 editblog Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:28:31 +0000 http://nofilmschool.com/2007/02/dvguru/#comment-16842 Nice post. It's good to get a little more information on the demise of our favorite blog. I think it goes to show (and looking at the weblogs Inc.'s "on hiatus/retired" blogs) you can see that these narrow market blogs must not generate enough revenue for a corporate giant. It's a shame as you can see that many of them have a lot of readers. I wonder if a savvy business person could start a string of these niche blogs and make the profitable. Or is that what Weblogs Inc. used to do? Hmmm.... Nice post. It’s good to get a little more information on the demise of our favorite blog. I think it goes to show (and looking at the weblogs Inc.’s “on hiatus/retired” blogs) you can see that these narrow market blogs must not generate enough revenue for a corporate giant. It’s a shame as you can see that many of them have a lot of readers. I wonder if a savvy business person could start a string of these niche blogs and make the profitable. Or is that what Weblogs Inc. used to do? Hmmm….

]]> By: Russell Heimlich http://nofilmschool.com/2007/02/dvguru/#comment-16554 Russell Heimlich Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:11:57 +0000 http://nofilmschool.com/2007/02/dvguru/#comment-16554 You can thank Randall for posting the DVD Rewinder to Digg, I thought it was a rather cheesy story to go big with. nonetheless, the blogosphere thought otherwise. Our traffic was certainly booming when they pulled the plug but I think they were forced to make a decision for the betterment of their bigger blogs. It's a shame they didn't keep us going past NAB, we could've really shined then. I was really worried when Jason Calacanis wanted to see 1 million page views a month. It makes sense for a broad topic like gadgets and cars, but how many people are there in the world interested in Digital Video? I guess hyperniche markets aren't all they are cracked up to be. You can thank Randall for posting the DVD Rewinder to Digg, I thought it was a rather cheesy story to go big with. nonetheless, the blogosphere thought otherwise.

Our traffic was certainly booming when they pulled the plug but I think they were forced to make a decision for the betterment of their bigger blogs. It’s a shame they didn’t keep us going past NAB, we could’ve really shined then.

I was really worried when Jason Calacanis wanted to see 1 million page views a month. It makes sense for a broad topic like gadgets and cars, but how many people are there in the world interested in Digital Video? I guess hyperniche markets aren’t all they are cracked up to be.

]]> By: Brad Hill http://nofilmschool.com/2007/02/dvguru/#comment-16464 Brad Hill Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:40:46 +0000 http://nofilmschool.com/2007/02/dvguru/#comment-16464 Hey Ryan -- the decision to retire a blog is much more complicated than you are imagining. Many factors are considered and several teams are involved -- sales, editorial, finance, etc.. Believe me, it's not just glancing at Sitemeter! Nor is it just, "Hey, YouTube sold for $1.65B," or, "Om Malik is publishing in this space, so we should be too." A good decision for one organization can be a bad decision for another organization. We consider everything, and attempts to simplify substantial business decisions are usually ... well, too simple. Anyway, cute post -- and good luck with your sex tapes venture :). Hey Ryan — the decision to retire a blog is much more complicated than you are imagining. Many factors are considered and several teams are involved — sales, editorial, finance, etc.. Believe me, it’s not just glancing at Sitemeter! Nor is it just, “Hey, YouTube sold for $1.65B,” or, “Om Malik is publishing in this space, so we should be too.” A good decision for one organization can be a bad decision for another organization. We consider everything, and attempts to simplify substantial business decisions are usually … well, too simple.

Anyway, cute post — and good luck with your sex tapes venture :).

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